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Indie queen Parker Posey and rising British actor Jamie Blackley are joining Emma Stone and Joaquin Phoenix in Woody Allen's untitled next film, which is currently shooting in Rhode Island. As is often the case with Allen, plot details are being kept under wraps. The movie marks both Posey and Blackley's first time working with the director. Posey, a veteran film and TV actress known for her quirky sense of humor, would seem a natural fit for an Allen project. With regard to Blackley, Allen has a track record of working with young Hollywood's most sought-after actors: Stone, of course, is also starring in his "Magic in the Moonlight" (opening Friday), and in...

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Indie queen Parker Posey and rising British actor Jamie Blackley are joining Emma Stone and Joaquin Phoenix in Woody Allen's untitled next film, which is currently shooting in Rhode Island.
As is often the case with Allen, plot details are being kept...

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If the clang and clutter of summer superhero movies and action behemoths aren't for you — or even if you just want a break — there are still plenty of options in the months ahead, both at the art house and the far corners of the multiplex.
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For one of the final scenes of the first season of the new HBO comedy series "Silicon Valley," creator Mike Judge and his production designers re-created TechCrunch Disrupt, the intense annual San Francisco conference where computer engineers,...

In the commercial animation realm, there are movies that reach for something, or many things. Others are content merely to baby-sit.
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NEW YORK — Uma Thurman is bopping around a downtown Asian-fusion restaurant in this city she calls home, having just enthusiastically ordered some of the fried specialties ("I never met a dumpling I didn't like"), her 6-foot-frame and luminous...

Actress Anna Chlumsky fidgeted in her chair with the tenuous excitement of a girl readying to open a soda can she's just finished shaking. Her gaze and attention focused sharply on the woman seated across from her, Sheila Nix, chief of staff to Dr. Jill...

The first photo of Ben Affleck as Batman has arrived.Zack Snyder, the director of the upcoming “Man of Steel” sequel that will bring together Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman, released the image on Twitter on Tuesday. In the photo, Affleck’s Batman is...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - "Kinky Boots" won six Tony awards on Sunday including the top award of best musical and a prize for its composer, pop queen Cyndi Lauper, as Broadway presented its top honors. Lauper won best score for her first Broadway...

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September always brings a change in the temperature...

Kelly Reichardt calls it "a thriller with a small t." Her newest film, "Night Moves," has its North American premiere Sunday at the Toronto International Film Festival following its world premiere a little over a week ago at the Venice...

The superhero origin story has become popular in the last few years, so it makes sense the form might also spread to stories outside the comic-book genre — like Beat generation writers. The new film "Kill Your Darlings" tells the tale of how...

In something of a box-office surprise, the once iron-clad star Will Smith and his new "After Earth" lost Thursday night to the seeming upstart "Now You See Me." The futuristic sci-fi adventure vehicle for Smith and his son Jaden pulled...

From its inception, the MTV Movie Awards sounded like a strange hybrid.
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So will it be "The King's Speech" or "The Social Network" that wins the top prize Sunday at the 83rd Academy Awards?
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One thing that's certain come Sunday evening at the 68th annual Golden Globe Awards — Joel and Ethan Coen's remake of "True Grit" will not be taking home any honors because the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. snubbed the box office hit.
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"The King's Speech" dominated the Oscar nominations on Tuesday morning, earning 12 nods including best picture and best lead actor for Colin Firth as King George VI, who battles to eradicate his stammer before he unexpectedly takes the...

— Jeff Bridges, who won the lead actor Oscar last year for "Crazy Heart," is up in the same category for his performance as Rooster Cogburn in "True Grit." Only two actors have won Academy Awards in the lead actor category two years in...